Re: Calling through two gnugks

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Just use the -o <file> option when you start GnuGk and all trace output
goes to that file.

Regards,
Jan

Michael Bondi wrote:
> Simon,
> 
> Please excuse my ignorance, but how does one get a level 5 trace using 
> PuTTY?
> 
> There seems to be too much text that scrolls off the top of the screen 
> and I am unable to get a full trace.
> 
> I am trying to get the trace of the system calling another through two 
> gnugks.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> Michael Bondi wrote:
> > Simon,
> >
> > Strangely enough, I am not using ExternalIP= in my Main section as 
> > this disallows any external calls to fixed IP addresses with a no 
> > route to destination message. With just this setting I am getting the 
> > messages. Without, no problems. ??!!
> >
> > I am using Aethra 6.0.49 hard endpoints at each end and Mirial's 
> > respectively to see if it is a ver of H.323 difference causing my 
> > trouble. Mirial seems more versatile, guess it is more ver 6 than most 
> > soft endpoints.
> >
> > Both gk's are in the DMZ of their respective routers and with port 
> > forwarding also, and DNS resolution (mapping a DNS to a dynDNS 
> > address, crazy, but it works!!) is working to each router just fine.
> >
> > Both endpoints connect ok (Logmein proves it to me), but no audio or 
> > video either way. I can logmein remote and tell the remote to call me 
> > and same happens.
> >
> > I am on a course this week and will resume testing when my brain 
> > clears, and send the lev 5 trace you asked for. I'm getting too much 
> > stuff on my network to understand what is important for feedback and 
> > what is not. Got a small screen and a lousy mouse, a fried brain.....
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > MDM
> >
> >
> > Simon Horne wrote:
> >> Earl
> >>
> >> H.460.23/.24 should have nothing to do with the problem.
> >> If both gatekeepers are in the DMZ and both as using ExternalIP then it
> >> should work. If the signalling is working then it can only be the 
> >> addresses
> >> of the OLC or the DMZ isn't working.
> >> Micheal send me the level 5 trace of one of the gatekeepers to see 
> >> exactly
> >> what address is being used.
> >>
> >> Simon
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Earl [mailto:Large.Files@xxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, 6 November 2009 
> >> 11:44 PM
> >> To: GNU Gatekeeper Users
> >> Subject: Re:  Calling through two gnugks
> >>
> >> Mike,
> >>
> >> first, for testing I would put both GKs in their DMZs, since they 
> >> should see any calls on any port.
> >>
> >> In summary,
> >> LAN 1 to LAN 2 calls over a double NAT work as far as signaling goes.
> >> EPx connected directly to the Inet works for signaling and voice and 
> >> video via single NAT.
> >> LAN 1 to LAN 2 calls over a double NAT do NOT work for voice and video.
> >> LAN 1 to LAN 1 and LAN 2 to LAN 2 calls function correctly.
> >> LAN 1 to LAN 2 calls over a VPN (no NAT) do work for voice and video.
> >>
> >> Problem could be:
> >>
> >> h460.23/.24 double NAT traversal is not functioning in your case
> >> your port configurations are wrong in GnuGKs
> >> Port configurations between EPs and GnuGKs do not match.
> >> something else
> >>
> >> Jan & Simon, do you have any ideas for testing / tracing whether 
> >> Mike's problem
> >> is media NAT traversal or port problem ?
> >>
> >> Does GnuGK status port indicate successful double NAT traversal using 
> >> h460.23/.24?
> >>
> >> If not, would it be possible to add some indication in status signals 
> >> whether
> >> h460.23/.24 was successful or not, or at least some helpful info for 
> >> debugging
> >> NAT traversal problems ?  For example, whether certain h460.23/.24 hand-
> >> shaking was completed or not?
> >>
> >> Mike, where are your work EPs registered to?      and your home EP?
> >> If work EPs are registered with work GK and home EPs to home GK,
> >> what happens if all EPs register with just one GK?  Even if you do not
> >> want to continue this way, as a test it might provide some info.
> >>
> >> Regards, Earl
> >>
> >> Michael Bondi wrote:
> >>  
> >>> Earl,
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for your reply.
> >>>
> >>> Firstly, my ADSL routers _are_ registered with dyndns addresses and 
> >>> my office.domain.co.za and home.domain.co.za records point to the 
> >>> respective office and home dyndns addresses correctly. That is how I 
> >>> can call from an external public IP to either office or home network 
> >>> and the calls are fine.
> >>>
> >>> The call is definitely going to the right place when I call out from 
> >>> my office to my home, I can see it in Etherape running on the office 
> >>> gatekeeper machine. I call home.domain.co.za or 
> >>> 1234@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and the call is hitting the gnugk on the far 
> >>> side ans is going to the dyndns address of the far side router.
> >>>
> >>> Note: I do not call the LAN IP of the far side gnugk, I call to it's 
> >>> publically accessible IP (DNS record pointing to the dyndns address 
> >>> - trust me this works!) the way I would call if my external endpoint 
> >>> were on a public IP.
> >>>
> >>> The problem when I have the VPN up, is that the office gatekeeper is 
> >>> getting to the right address on the home gatekeeper but then the 
> >>> checks for NAT run, and since the VPN is in place, connects the call 
> >>> via the VPN. So audio and video go through fine. I can again see 
> >>> this happening in Etherape on the office gatekeeper.
> >>>
> >>> But, when I have the VPN down or disconnected (as in most normal 
> >>> circumstances) and I try calling again via the internet to the other 
> >>> side, the call is still going to the right place and is being 
> >>> answered as expected, but I get _no audio and video_. Now this is 
> >>> where the NAT stuff should kick in as it does in the call from the 
> >>> public IP. But again, my public IP is not behind a NAT, so I am 
> >>> wondering if my NAT configuration is correct.
> >>>
> >>> The moment I add ExternalIP=office.domain.co.za to the Main section, 
> >>> even the calls between internal endpoints at the office fail with 
> >>> the no route to destination message.
> >>>
> >>> What is strange is that calls from a public endpoint outside either 
> >>> network to endpoints inside the network go throught fine. So that 
> >>> means that it is proxying the calls correctly at each respective gnugk.
> >>>
> >>> Now when Endpoint -GK-GK-Endpoint calls are made, it is not working 
> >>> correctly for me.
> >>>
> >>> As I mentioned before, I do not want the two GnuGk's to be 
> >>> registered with each other, kinda like cellphones on different 
> >>> networks must be able to call each other.
> >>>
> >>> I have done port forwarding as per my previous posting as well as 
> >>> put the respective gnugk's in the DMZ of each router. Do you think I 
> >>> should do both port forwarding and DMZ together? Maybe this is my 
> >>> problem.
> >>>
> >>> Maybe I should also be using Stun to check for NAT.
> >>>
> >>> I'll keep trying and posting.
> >>>
> >>> Mike
> >>>
> >>> Earl wrote:
> >>>    
> >>>> Mike,
> >>>>
> >>>> I have been following your thread and do not understand why you are 
> >>>> having
> >>>> problems with ExternalIP in the Main section.  I would think this 
> >>>> is necessary
> >>>> for ADSL modem + router to work correctly.
> >>>>
> >>>> Would you please try the following experiment:
> >>>>
> >>>> register with some dynamic DNS service.  First check if your router 
> >>>> has a
> >>>> built-in dynDNS possibility, and which one(s).  If it does, use 
> >>>> that one.
> >>>>
> >>>> Then insert in the main section, for example (here an imaginary one)
> >>>> [Gatekeeper::Main]
> >>>> other entries ....
> >>>> ExternalIP=my-address.dynDNS.com (or whatever dyndns service)
> >>>>
> >>>> ExternalIsDynamic=0 (since dynDNS address never changes)
> >>>>
> >>>> ping your dynDNS address to make sure it is working correctly
> >>>> if not, reboot router.  When working
> >>>> then try GnuGK and EPs and see what happens and tell us.
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards, Earl
> >>>> www.dyn*dns*.com/services/dyn*dns*/
> >>>> www.no-ip.com/
> >>>> free*dns*.afraid.org/
> >>>> and many others
> >>>>
> >>>> Michael Bondi wrote:
> >>>>  
> >>>>      
> >>>>> When I add the ExternalIP to the Main section, calls inside the 
> >>>>> LAN are ok, but I cannot then place calls to any unregistered 
> >>>>> endpoints outside the LAN.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I am on a dynamic ADSL so I also added the ExternalIsDynamic=1 but 
> >>>>> that also doesn't work.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I get a no route to destination error on my endpoints inside when 
> >>>>> I try calling out.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Mike
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Andrew Struiksma wrote:
> >>>>>           
> >>>>>> I think you need to add your public IP to the main section like 
> >>>>>> this:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> [Gatekeeper::Main]
> >>>>>> Fortytwo=42
> >>>>>> Name=OfficeGk
> >>>>>> TimeToLive=300
> >>>>>> ExternalIP=x.x.x.x
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Andrew

-- 
Jan Willamowius, jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, http://www.gnugk.org/

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